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PREFACE

PREFACE

Logic of the Preface Paradox

The preface paradox is the apparent pragmatic inconsistency that occurs when the author of a book declares in its preface that despite believing that it is highly probable that everything the book maintains is true it is also highly probable that the book contains at least some errors. The preface paradox has often been presented as an example of a logically inconsistent belief that it is never...

Change Management for Distributed Ontologies

Preface A writer keeps surprising himself... he doesn't know what he is saying until he sees it on the page. It is often said that the preface is the most read part of a thesis. If this is true, what is the contribution of distributing a thesis to the progress of science? Why does NWO 1 pay for printing it? Let us first try to answer the question why the preface is thought to the most read part...